In a truly unbelievable story, Emmerdale hired an actor convicted of supplying date rape drug GBH to play a date rapist. In last Thursday’s episode, viewers were horrified when it appeared Victoria Sugden was spiked and raped by a man she met on a night out - but The Sun Onlinehave reported that the role was played by former Brookside actor and convicted criminal Kris Mochrie.
The website reports that Mochrie had been convicted of supplying date rape drug GHB and perverting the course of justice. He was sentenced to prison for two years in 2010, which was later reduced to 18 months on appeal. ‘It's disgusting. That drug destroys lives. It's a slap in the face to anyone who has been spiked and worse,’ a soap fan told the site.
The actor was accused of spiking a friend with the class C drug, causing him to collapse in a nightclub. But Mochrie accused two innocent female students of spiking the drink. After the incident, a police investigation was launched as a woman died at the venue on the same evening. Her death was later discovered to be by natural causes.
Mochrie admitted lying and pleaded guilty to supplying GHB at Hull Crown Court in 2010. Sentencing, Judge Jeremy Richardson QC, said, ‘At the same time a young girl tragically became ill and subsequently died. She had absolutely nothing to do with drugs. But there was a police investigation in due course and you effectively pointed the finger of responsibility for drug pedalling at two young girls.'